Criteria for Evaluation of Hemodynamic Status and Physical Tolerance in Postinfarction Cardiosclerosis

Exercise tolerance in patients with coronary heart disease with postinfarction cardiosclerosis is determined by the level of coronary and myocardial reserve. At the same time, the larger the surface of the infarcted area and the number of coronary arteries affected by atherosclerosis, the lower the exercise tolerance. The presence of close correlation between heart size and the degree of coronary insufficiency, the size of postinfarction scar, its localization, the level of end-diastolic pressure in the left ventricle prompted us to check the diagnostic significance of the most informative X-ray cardiometry parameters for postinfarction cardiosclerosis patients in the assessment of the functional state of the circulatory system and the possibility to predict physical performance without ergometric study.